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colorj forming terminal clusters or corymbs, hy the 

 union of several bimnched fascicles of three to seven 

 flowers, with very small short oblong bracteoles- . 

 Each flower peduncled and naked, calix green nearly 

 cylindrical with ten farrows, and five small sharp 

 'teeth nearly equal. Corolla twice as long as the 

 calix, nearly cyllndric, with two short lips, lower 

 lip larger with three rounded lobes, upper lip smaller, 

 flat and notched. Four stamina, two of wdiich are 

 long, slender and protruding with the style, bearin 

 small didymous anthers: two small, very short, w^ithout 

 anthers. — Fruit formed by four small obovnte seeds at 

 the bottom of the persistent calix, mouth of it dosed 

 by hairs. 



HISTORY — This genus belongs to the great na- 

 tural order of Labiate, section with two fertile 

 filaments, next to the genera Lycopus^ CoIUnsonia 

 and Hedeoma. It ranks with them in Diandria 

 vionogynia of Linnreus. It contains now only this 

 species, wdiich has been called rsuiriaiia because first 

 sent to Europe from Maryland. Linn.-cus had 

 united it to Saturcja at first, and called li S. ori- 

 ganoides. When he made a new genus of it, he 

 united with it the C pulcgioidesj which is now 

 Uedeoma puIegiGides: these are examples of the- 

 botanical vacillations and errors, to which great 

 writers are liable when they wish to improve the 

 science, and are not ashamed of correcting them- 

 selves. 



- The C. mariana Is a pretty plant, with a very 

 fragrant smell; similar to Marjoran and Dittany. It 



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